copper treatment

  1. R

    New to the hobby, Have ich and looking for advice moving forward

    Hello all, I’m new to the hobby and have realised I probably rushed things by not QTing my first 3 fish. I started with 2 clowns and then a blue tang. I’m fairly certain the tang was patient zero of the ich. It has survived thus far but the two clowns sadly died. As a result I’ve decided I...
  2. M

    EMERGENCY Mass Quarantine suggestion moving forward

    Hi, I got into SFW since January of this year. Currently I am in the middle of DT quarantine due to ich outbreak. I started the treatment towards the end of April, so it's been about 3 weeks now. Currently I have the following fishes (most are small, and a few are medium size) in a 55g QT tank...
  3. A

    DIY chelated copper

    Hi, Having done some reading around quarantine for fish I can see in the literature that copper chelated with edta has been used in the past to treat marine itch and velvet. I am based in uk and have limited options for chelated copper. There are posts for copper and citric acid but wondered...
  4. O

    First time treating my fish with Cupramine. Anyone is following the recommended dosage?

    Is the recommended dosage for Cupramine is sufficient or too much for the fish. I'm following the guidelines given to me by Seachem Cupramine. Tested at 0.5mg/L I bought a blue eye kole tang and placed it in my quarantine tank (with 1 clownfish and a blue tang for 5 days) Everything was fine...
  5. A

    Life after copper in Display tank

    Ok everyone. This post is not for the “I told you so people “. I have a 360g reef n fish tank with massive amounts of rock. I just finished about 2 months of therapeutic level coppersafe treatment in my display tank for Ich and velvet, I saved a lot of fish so I’m happy I did. Not to mention had...
  6. underthereef

    Quarantine Treatment Length

    Hey, I started quarantining my first fish (4 Banggai Cardinals) and observed them for the first few days. Now I am starting my Cupramine preventative treatment. My question is how long do I need to run copper at therapeutic levels before the fish are clean for the display tank which is clean...
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